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S. C. PITNEY & G. M GARDNER.`

l CLAY POST. 110.558,418. lh Patented Apr. 14, 1896.

iii-E 111 @TEW-ll invented certain new'and useful Improvepertainstoymake and use th'el'same.

Our invention relates to improvements in l UNIT- nn 1 sANronn og: ri'rnni AND 'GEORGE-ir.- 'GARDNER lor ounvov, ILLINOIS',

@-AssiGNoRs'oF', oNnJrHren TogDoN A. SWEET, l'orsAME PLACE;

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' reputation retomber reisst. seni N0.' 565,654;- (N'm'uae'm To dlljwom nfl/agiconcern:4 q j Be it knownl that weSnNFoRD-C. Pi'rrniy andjGno-RGE M; GARDNER, Acitizens-of the .Unitedl States, residing at Quincy, in the county of Adams and State` of Illinois, have ments in Clay Posts;arilrvev do hereby de-l clare'v the following to act description ofthe invention, such-as Will e ble'others skilled in the art towhich itapj,

fence-posts; and it consists'in certain `novel features hereinafter described and `claimed.-

The said :invention is especially intended- .to provide certain .improvementsl upon the solid-post described in ourPa'tent No. 532,246,

4 dated January 6,1895.

Our invention r'vill be understood-"by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, in Whichv the same parts are indicated bythe same let-v ters throughout the several views. v ,A --Figure l represents a perspective view A a fence in which our improved posts are4 used'.

Fig-f2 represents a section. of.. one of the @5g lindrical posts `made by plane passing e Fig. 3 represents'a-transif, A

througliitsaX-is. f verse sectionv across the of the fastening-holes. Fig. 4: represents an enlarged detail View of the postwith` one of fastening-Wirestherein. Fig. 5 represents ai similar device'to that shownin Fig. 4,'e'xcept thatthe ends of ,the fastening-Wirefare bent along an element of the cylindrical post.; and Fig. 6 represents a similar sectionv to that shown in Figs. 4 and 5, except that the ends of the fastening-wire are bent around lpart of the circumference of thepost.

A represents the post provided with the post and through one 4o small longitudinal perforationv a and the transverse perforations a0, which latter have their axes preferably all in, the same plane with the axis of the post.

B represents thefencemrire, which may be either. plain, as shown, orf fbarbed, if pree ferred. This fence-Wire is held in place abreast each of the transverse perforatiuonsv a0 by means of the fastening-Wire C. This fastening-Wire is preferably in the hair-pin form with'an eye c. The. fence-'wire-may be secured to the post by means of the fastenin g-Wire in several diiferentways.v Thus in be a full, clean-and'eXl'v f 'of the. cylindrical post.

"that the ends of the legs are bent continuously through a die andl then e into any-desired length, whereby great econl roo yFig. e the eye c-'isongone side' of the.post,= and the two llegsc are pushed`vtliroiilghthe hole a0, andare twisted together voutside :of -thejfence-Wire iYiththis mode-'offas?,`v` toning, the' eyejc aiords suiiicientresistance to prevent .thefastening-Wire `C ,fromV being kpulled vthrough the body ofthe post;v

,Inthebform' of deviceshown in Figo thel same haiii-pinfa'stening-wire C is used, .but 'thetwo legs c2 are-slipped over the fence-v the said legs areshoved through the hole a, andltheends are bentup' along anv` element In the form of device shown'in same sort of fastening-Wire is used,.except circumference ofthe post, asshownat c3.'-

The shell of the said cylindershouldgbe of' su'icient thickness to supply initself the requiredstrength of post, Without the addition- Ofmetallic bars `or yother means for supple: m'enting thev inhere clay'colurr'm;v Y y 4 e l By this construction of post the well-known nt strength vof the baked-v structural'strength of a hollow 'column is ,ob-

Fig. site around the` Wire' B until thelatt'er rests in theeye c., .when

tained andthe manufacture ofthe postis.

greatlyy facilitated. Thus theclay` which may be found in largequantities in a great many localities is' simply. ground and mixed in the ordinary Way and is vthen forced through va die that formsthe post all ready for. drying f,

and. burning exceptv for the simple act o f makingv the perforations o0, which latter shouldbe done before the clay post is baked.

Furthermore, in ,the process of baking the.

heat can be lsupplied to both sides ofthe shell, and onlyhas to penetrate one-half of the thickness o'f said shell. much more uniform hardness and better co-` hesion of particles in the postof theV hollowf' column construction than in one of the solidcolumn construction, as described. in our pat-v ent aforesaid.

The result "is a i Y,

A post of this construction may be run out omy in the costof manufacture is secured.

cut up- Afterbaking, the pestis more or less rough i on its exterior, andvholds 'very'well when set to the proper distance in the ground, Without the necessity'for anchors, flanges, or other l' 'be such that thebaked clay will be strong which in ordinary usage the -post would bev l and efficient post is provided, madelout of baked clay which is practically indestructible for analogous purposes.

l l-ises, or of intermediate size and strength, as

auxiliary means' foil holding the post in the The thiekness of the Shen of the post Should enough in itself to resistall the strains to This post may be made large and heavy, as for gate-posts, or light, as for grape-vine trelfor ordinary fences. v

The variousother advantages of the hereinf described structure Will readiiy'suggest them'- selves to any practicalmind. I

-Having thus described our invention, what We claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

The combination with a fence-post made of baked clay and in the form of a hollow cylinder provided with ltransverse perforations, extending through both sides ofthe post, of

fence-Wires, and fastening-Wires in the forni i of a hair-pin, but With an eye at the junction of the legs, the said legs being passed through said. v-1',ransverse perforationsl, and said eye engaging in rear of the fence-post While the said legs are adapted to be twisted around and to hold one of the saidfence-Wires, tially as described. In `testimony whereof we 4affix our signatures in presenceof two Witnesses.

substan- SANFORD C. PITNEY. GEORGEM. GARDNER. Witnesses:

GEORGE A. ANDERSON, DoN A. SWEET. 

